Owens v. Hough

Filing 28

ORDER RULING ON REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. It is hereby ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation is ACCEPTED 24 . Therefore, the defendants motion for summary judgment 17 is GRANTED, and this case is hereby DISMISSED. Signed by Honorable Terry L Wooten on 09/12/2011. (dsto, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORENCE DIVISION
Curtis Q. Owens,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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Patricia Hough, in her individual capacity, )
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Defendant.
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Civil Action No. 1:10-948-TLW-SVH

ORDER
Curtis Q. Owens, (“plaintiff”), brought this civil action, pro se, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §
1983 on April 16, 2010. (Doc. # 1).
This matter now comes before this Court for review of the Report and Recommendation
(“the Report”) filed by United States Magistrate Judge Shiva V. Hodges, to whom this case had
previously been assigned. In the Report, the Magistrate Judge recommends that the defendant’s
motion for summary judgment be granted. (Doc. # 24). No objections have been filed.
This Court is charged with conducting a de novo review of any portion of the Magistrate
Judge=s Report and Recommendation to which a specific objection is registered, and may accept,
reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the recommendations contained in that Report. 28 U.S.C. '
636. In the absence of objections to the Report of the Magistrate Judge, this Court is not required
to give any explanation for adopting the recommendation. See Camby v. Davis, 718 F.2d 198,
199 (4th Cir. 1983).
The Court has carefully reviewed the Magistrate Judge=s Report. For the reasons
articulated by the Magistrate Judge, it is hereby ORDERED that the Magistrate Judge=s Report

and Recommendation is ACCEPTED. (Doc. # 24). Therefore, the defendant’s motion for
summary judgment is GRANTED, and this case is hereby DISMISSED. (Doc. # 17).
IT IS SO ORDERED
____s/Terry L. Wooten____
United States District Judge

September 12, 2011
Florence, South Carolina

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